Removable half sole for shoes



May 3, 1927. 1,627,465

A. s. SIMKO REMOVABLE HALF SOLE FOR SHOES Filed April 22. 1926 WITNESSES4 INVENTOR I 1 ANDREWSIMK0 ATTORNEYS Patented May 3, 1927.

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This invention relates to footwear and particularly to an improvedeasily apphed and easily removable half-sole for shoes, the object beingto provide a construction which a will look and wear substantially thesame as an ordinary half-sole as now made and applied while at the sametime presenting a structure which may be readily applied and removed byany one.

W Another object in view is to provide a removable ha-lf-sole for shoeswherein means are provided for clamping the same in posltion withoutremoving the old sole or after removing the same.

' A still further object of the invention 1s to provide a removablehalf-sole for shoes wherein a half-sole plate of leather or othermaterial is provided with clamping means adapted to be snugly fittedover theedge of the permanent sole of the shoe.

In the accompanying draw1ng Figure 1 is a partly inverted PBISPGCtlVGview of a shoe supplied with a removable half-sole, disclosing anembodiment of the invention.

Figure 2 is a perspective view of a halfsole, disclosing an embodimentof the 1nvention.

Figure 3 is a bottom plan view of the structure shown in Figure 1.

Figure 4 is a sectional view through F1gure 3 on line 4-4.

Figure 5 is a sectional view through F1gure 3 on line 55.

Figure 6 is a fragmentary side view of the shoe shown in Figure 1 withcertain parts broken away for illustrating how the clamping wire ispositioned when in use.

Referring to the accompanying drawing by numerals, 1 indicates a shoe ofany desired kind provided with the usual sole 2 which may be held inplace by stitches. When the sole 2 becomes worn, as for instance, underthe ball of the foot, it is quite customary to cut away the front partand then apply a. new half-sole thereto. The new half-sole may bestitched in place or may be held in place by tacks or nails. This way ofapplying a half-sole requires the service of an experienced shoemakerand involves some expense.

In the present invention, a removable half-sole 3 has been providedwhich may be applied by an experienced person or an inexperienced personand is designed to be applied over the old worn sole, though if desired,the same could be cut away leavingthe inner sole and welt. The removablehalfsole 3 is preferably provided with a halfsole plate 4 of leather towhich is secured a binding strip 5 also of leather. The plate 4 ispreferably thick heavy leather common-. ly used as half-soles while thestrip 5 is preferably a thin flexible strip of leather as commonly usedon the uppers. The strip 5 is stitched to the plate 4 by a line ofstitching 6 and is also provided with a line of stitching 7 whereby alooped portion is presented for receiving the cable or wire 8. The wire8 extends the full length of the strip 5, that is, along one side of theplate 4, across the front end and on the opposite side. Preferably, theends 9 and 10 project an appreciable distance beyond the strip 5 so thatthey may be readily inserted or forced through the apertures 11 and 12in sole 2.

In applying the half-sole shown in Figure 2, the same is putsubstantially fiatwise over the front part of the sole of the shoe untilit assumes substantially the position shown in Figure 1. The edge ofstrip 5 carrying the wire 8 is then forced by a pair of pliers or otherinstrument over into substantially the position shown in Figure 4 sothat the strip 5 will be looped over the edge of the old half-sole orthe welt. When the looped portion carrying wire 8 has been thuspositioned, the ends 9 and 10 are pulled under as much tension aspossible and then bent back upon themselves over the outside of the sole2 as indicated in Figures 1 and 5. Preferably the holes 11 and "12 arepositioned so as to be almost, if not entirely, covered by the rear edgeportion 13 of the half-sole plate 4. After the ends 9 and 10 have beenpulled as described, a few tacks or nails 14 are forced into positionand the work of applying the half-sole has been completed. As the strip5 is of leather of a rather high grade, the same will give the 1 edgesof the welt or old sole a nice appearance whereby the finishedhalf-soled shoe will have substantially the same appearance as itoriginally had when new.

In case the removable half-sole should become worn to an undesirableextent, the same may be readily removed by raising the rear edgedportion 13, unbending the ends 8 and 9 an pulling these ends throughthe holes 11 and 12. This releases the halfsole which may then be bodilymoved away from the shoe and anew half-sole provided.

What I claim is:

The combination with a shoe having openings in the sole near the instep,of a remov able half sole adapted to fit overthe front part of the soleof said shoe. and extend to a position substantially over said openings,said removable half solev including a flexible member extending from theedge over the edges of the sole, of the shoe, a wire tension membermounted in one edge for they full length of said flexible member andextending through said openings for clamping the edge of the flexiblemember against the upper part of said sole, the ends of said wire beingbent to rest a ainst said sole and beneath the end of-saldhalf-sole, andfastening: means extending through said half sole near the instep andacting to clamp said half sole against said;-be nt ends for looking thesame in posltlon.

ANDREW s. SIMKO.

